http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/news/ Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/pakistani-medical-labs-lax-on-biosafety-survey-finds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 08 Feb 2012 10:13:05 GMTThe revised malaria death toll suggests a need for research into uncertainties in controlling neglected tropical diseases, says Mark Booth.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/opinions/research-needed-to-tackle-neglected-disease-uncertainties-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:21:28 GMTA drug undergoing clinical trials for sleeping sickness could also treat leishmaniasis, say researchers who have tested it on mice.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/drug-could-hit-two-neglected-diseases-at-once.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:47 GMTScience institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/latin-american-countries-launch-biomedicine-network.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:08 GMTA report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/un-needs-greater-integration-between-science-and-policy-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 03 Feb 2012 16:25:35 GMTAn integrated control programme means Suriname is close to becoming the first Amazonian country to eliminate malaria.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/suriname-reduces-malaria-cases-by-82-per-cent-in-five-years.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 02 Feb 2012 10:04:54 GMTA bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/panama-is-first-to-benefit-from-fund-to-tackle-biopiracy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 01 Feb 2012 17:48:08 GMTBhutan has successfully brought down malaria cases, but fears reversals from global warming.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/bhutan-brings-down-malaria-incidence.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 01 Feb 2012 10:36:30 GMTUnprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/public-private-push-against-neglected-diseases-unveiled.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 31 Jan 2012 17:42:29 GMTIndia's carefully targeted strategy against polio holds lessons for other countries, and for other diseases, argues Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/opinions/biomed-analysis-learning-from-india-s-polio-success-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:35 GMTPacific islanders are at much higher risk of ciguatera fish toxins than previously thought, and the number of sufferers is increasing.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/global-warming-may-raise-risk-of-pacific-fish-poisoning-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:36 GMTThe Argentinean government and a public-private consortium have allocated US$1.2  million for the improvement of early diagnosis of Chagas disease in newborns.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/argentina-to-create-diagnostic-kit-for-chagas-disease.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:35 GMTA modelling study of a promising malaria vaccine finds low transmission areas would benefit the most from mass vaccination.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/areas-with-low-malaria-rates-need-mass-vaccination-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:35 GMTThailand is investing in nanotechnology to help alleviate the impact of floods and other natural disasters.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/thailand-s-nanotech-research-tackles-disaster-prevention.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 25 Jan 2012 17:20:03 GMTChina's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/china-signs-agreement-to-produce-new-tb-vaccines.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:54 GMTThe origin of two genetic sub-types of the malaria parasite P. falciparum in South America has been traced back slaves arriving from Africa, a study says.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/study-reveals-malaria-origin-in-south-america-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 24 Jan 2012 03:04:13 GMTThe key malaria drug, artemisinin, can now be produced in greater quantities ― from a waste material of the current production process.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/malaria-hopes-rise-as-chemists-produce-cheap-artemisinin.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 23 Jan 2012 17:44:48 GMTIndian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/india-faces-totally-drug-resistant-tb.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 19 Jan 2012 10:12:37 GMTWith the help of scientists, indigenous communities of Suriname have discovered that mercury pollution affects 58% of their population.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/news/suriname-s-indigenous-people-measure-local-pollution.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 19 Jan 2012 07:37:35 GMTEncouraging demand for new and increasingly cheap interventions available now can boost health in developing countries, says Charles Kenny.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/opinions/don-t-wait-for-wealth-better-health-needs-basic-tools-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 17 Jan 2012 17:43:36 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/